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Turtle inlays are now a standard option!

Awwwww yeeeeeeaaaahhh!!!!

I've ordered 3 off-menu turtles over the last couple of years, including one that has yet to ship. I have no idea what the business demand for these is, but these are awesome inlays and long overdue as a regular option.

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cuthbert said:
I am a little surprised they are sea turtles and not land ones.
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There is a class of animals called "charismatic megafauna" and sea turtles fall smack dab in the middle of it. It's an easy sell. Among land turtles, I'd say giant tortoises also hit the bullseye. Little pond turtles probably hit the target too, but somewhere closer to the edge. They don't invoke quite the same feelings of awe.

Except one:

When I lived in Georgia we had a large pond on our property full all kinds of wildlife, including thousands - THOUSANDS - of turtles, of all species. My brother and I were out fishing one day and he got a snag really close to the bank. He was tugging the line hard to try to get it to break free, and I was looking down into the murky water (all water in the south is murky) to see if I could find the problem.

And I found it.

All of a sudden, a giant snapping turtle came up through the murk, nose to nose with me, lure in its mouth. It looked like freaking Godzilla. I jumped back as fast as I could, falling butt-over-teakettle, while my brother just sat there laughing.

As far as I'm concerned, THAT turtle can be a charismatic megafauna if it wants to be.
 
aarontunes said:
There is a class of animals called "charismatic megafauna" and sea turtles fall smack dab in the middle of it. It's an easy sell. Among land turtles, I'd say giant tortoises also hit the bullseye. Little pond turtles probably hit the target too, but somewhere closer to the edge. They don't invoke quite the same feelings of awe.

Except one:

When I lived in Georgia we had a large pond on our property full all kinds of wildlife, including thousands - THOUSANDS - of turtles, all all species. My brother and I were out fishing one day and he got a snag really close to the bank. He was tugging the line hard to try to get it to break free, and I was looking down into the murky water (all water in the south is murky) to see if I could find the problem.

And I found it.

All of a sudden, a giant snapping turtle came up through the murk, nose to nose with me, lure in its mouth. It looked like freaking Godzilla. I jumped back as fast as I could, falling butt-over-teakettle, while my brother just sat there laughing.

As far as I'm concerned, THAT turtle can be charismatic megafauna if it wants to be.
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Snapping turtles are some beastly creatures!! They would make a poor logo unless Warmoth was more metal-aligned.
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stratamania said:
Fun fact…

Turtles and tortoises are different. Sea or Freshwater Turtles are adapted for swimming and have webbed feet or flippers, whereas a Tortoise is a land animal with feet suitable for walking on land. The shape of the shells of turtles and tortoises are also different.
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Another fun fact:

One of the coolest and least visited National Parks in the US is Dry Tortuga. It's about a two hour boat ride from Key West in Florida, and the home of the Civil War-era Fort Jefferson, which incidentally is where Dr. Mudd, who abetted the fugitive John Wilkes Booth, was imprisoned. The island was a stopping point for trading ships in the 17 and 18 hundreds because they knew it was always stocked with tons of delicious sea turtles. It was basically the equivalent of 1700's McDonald's for ships on a road-trip to the Americas. Alas, there is no fresh water on the island, hence the name "Dry Tortuga".

On the boat ride there I saw about a billion Loggerhead turtles, and a hammerhead shark. Some of the best snorkeling I have ever experienced!

Also, I had no idea that I had so many turtle stories. What an epic day this is turning out to be!
 
My only turtle story I remember is a time when I stood and queued for an hour waiting for a toy shop to open to get a couple of toy models of Teenage Mutant Hero (ninja) Turtles. I still could not get the youngsters favourite. Cowabunga :D

🐢🐢🐢🐢
 
aarontunes said:
Another fun fact:

One of the coolest and least visited National Parks in the US is Dry Tortuga. It's about a two hour boat ride from Key West in Florida, and the home of the Civil War-era Fort Jefferson, which incidentally is where Dr. Mudd, who abetted the fugitive John Wilkes Booth, was imprisoned. The island was a stopping point for many trading ships in the 1700 and 1800 hundreds because they knew it was always stocked with tons of delicious sea turtles. It was basically the equivalent of 1700's McDonalds for ships on the way to the Americas. Alas, there is no fresh water on the island, hence the name "Dry Tortuga".

On the boat ride there I saw about a billion Loggerhead turtles, and a hammerhead shark. Some of the best snorkeling I have ever experienced!

Also, I had no idea that I had so many turtle stories. What an epic day this is turning out to be!
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Holden: You're in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down...
Leon: What one?
Holden: What?
Leon: What desert?
Holden: It doesn't make any difference what desert, it's completely hypothetical.
Leon: But, how come I'd be there?
Holden: Maybe you're fed up. Maybe you want to be by yourself. Who knows? You look down and see a tortoise, Leon. It's crawling toward you...
Leon: Tortoise? What's that?
Holden: [irritated by Leon's interruptions] You know what a turtle is?
Leon: Of course!
Holden: Same thing.
 
My turtle story: when I was a young Marine stationed in Hawaii I’d find tourist girls and ask them if they wanted to see the sea turtles. I knew a spot, I’d say. Of course I didn’t, but it ain’t exactly hard in a spot called “Turtle Bay”
 
Having lived in Kona Hawaii for 10 years, I have quite a few turtle stories. But the photos are more interesting…

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All of the white spots are turtles on the lava. I counted over 50 on the hike out there.

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This is probably my favorite. It’s a series of vertical long exposure images stitched together to create a hi-res pano. The first image on the left was probably a 30 second exposure. The last image on the right was close to 5 minutes because it got progressively darker as time passed after sunset so I had to really guess and it worked out. There’s also a crab that burned himself into the image in 2 spots. He was in one spot for a minute then scurried to another for another minute so he’s in there twice.
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I have so many more. I love me some sea turtles.
 
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